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Philip IV and the Government of Spain, 1621-1665 (Paperback, Revised)
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Philip IV and the Government of Spain, 1621-1665 (Paperback, Revised)
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This book concentrates on the political history of the reign of
Philip IV, and the role of the king within it. Philip is kept near
the forefront, and issues and events are often seen - if sometimes
critically - from his viewpoint. It is, therefore, a work of
revision and rehabilitation, representing an attempt (against all
other extant accounts) to establish Philip IV as a positive figure,
with an autonomous character and political identity. A secondary,
supportive, intention is to demonstrate that after the fall of
Olivares, the king ruled and governed without a favourite (valido).
This is the central theme in the most detailed treatment of the
second half of the reign available in any language. Reference is
made throughout to Philip's own words and actions. At the same
time, the Olivares period itself is approached from a new
perspective, some issues being examined with the use of new
material. Although not intended as a conventional biography, the
book retains several characteristics of the form, in that it is a
'career-study', part thematic, part chronological. Philip IV is
examined also in relation to the political writing of the age, and
to his court and capital in Madrid.
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